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  1. Posted

    AFAIK Ataris were sold in the GDR. They sold them through the so called "Intershops". Atari claimed that they sold more than 100000 computers this way before the regime change in 89.

    I also read somewhere, that the former "Karl-Marx-University" of Dresden used Atari Computers!

  2. Posted

    If it's dull dingy copper, then the boards were probably produced in somebody's basement (or garage, or other such place).  Using pin connectors eliminates the need for a double-sided PC board, thus simplifying home-built construction.  If the adapter cart is constructed with discrete wires inside (use a flashlight to look in through the card-edge end if you can) that would suppose the home-built pirate-cart theory.

    They appear to be single-sided, with pins directly corresponding to the EPROM pinout. What I want to know is what the inside of the cart looks like. I wouldn't be surprised to see a salvaged EPROM board with a bunch of loose wires connecting it to the pin socket.

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    just tested the cart and yes: looks pretty homemade to me.

    Inside the cart are wires ending in the pin socket and the cart shell is from a german pirate game called "Bermuda"...

     

    the games on the Eproms are:

    - Freeway

    - Donkey Kong

    - Q*bert

     

    So, if anybody is interested in this thing... PM me! :)

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    I decided to sell this pirate cart...

     

    PM me if you´re interested in buying/ trading...

     

    THANKS!

  5. Posted

    Hi there!

     

    As requested by mojofltr some time ago, here's a collection of the better rated classic Jeff Minter games.

     

    Greetings,

    Manuel

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    I´d vote for Hover Bover because it was (with Ollies Follies and Sunday Golf) the first Game i ever owned (Atari 800XL) :cool:

  6. Posted

    Hi,

    a first screenshot of my second homebrew is available. Its called: Bobby needs food. ;) Its a moorhuhn clone. Moorhuhn was very famous in germany (and im sure in other countries too under a different name). Chickens and other objects are flying around. Ur curser is an "aiming cross" to shoot em all for getting a high score.

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    [*]This sounds like it would be an ideal candidate for a light gun controller. As far as I know, there were only two light gun games on the 2600. I haven't any idea how you would read the input from the light gun though, but I'm sure someone on the Stella list would know.

     

    Chris

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    Looks great!

    but i think trackball-control would be nicer...

    1) would be more Moorhuhn-like

    2) the Atari Lightguns suck

  7. Posted

    And it's the packaging that makes this a true collectible. I've never seen anything like it, and it's well worth seeking out (IMO).

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    PITS with the packaging is a quite unique collectors item,

    PITS without the packaging is just a driving-school-test, which is pretty useless if you (a) already have a drivers license or if you (b) can´t read german

    :)

  8. Posted

    What year was this Frog Pong released by Hozer???

    Also, the Hozer christmas tin was cool.(I saw it in the forum link at bottom of this page)I was not collecting yet, and totally missed that one. :sad:What year was the x-mass tin???

    Thanks in advance;I had made a Hozer cart list, but, obviously, I had missed some.

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    I´m willing to sell or trade the FROG POND made by Hozer.

    It´s coming with its box and it works fine.

     

    whoever may be interested: PM me. :)

  9. Posted

    I think it's the same game that was also posted in the hombrew forum not too long ago :)

    Really? I must have missed it. :ponder:

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    From the screenshot, I think it is the breakout clone in this thread.

     

    Chris

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    Yes, that´s the game

    Feedback?

  11. Posted · Edited by panamajoe

    BASIC? ROM?

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    I just bought it via Ebay and i don´t have the game yet...

     

    but i asked the author of the game to publish the ROM here on AA.

    So let´s wait and see if he does that...

  17. Posted

    If it's dull dingy copper, then the boards were probably produced in somebody's basement (or garage, or other such place).  Using pin connectors eliminates the need for a double-sided PC board, thus simplifying home-built construction.  If the adapter cart is constructed with discrete wires inside (use a flashlight to look in through the card-edge end if you can) that would suppose the home-built pirate-cart theory.

    They appear to be single-sided, with pins directly corresponding to the EPROM pinout. What I want to know is what the inside of the cart looks like. I wouldn't be surprised to see a salvaged EPROM board with a bunch of loose wires connecting it to the pin socket.

    901797[/snapback]

     

    just tested the cart and yes: looks pretty homemade to me.

    Inside the cart are wires ending in the pin socket and the cart shell is from a german pirate game called "Bermuda"...

     

    the games on the Eproms are:

    - Freeway

    - Donkey Kong

    - Q*bert

     

    So, if anybody is interested in this thing... PM me! :)

  18. Posted

    ahh :( I was bidding on that one a few times (jm9607) so I gues you must be  metten? lol

     

    Im thinking the adapter was sold by someone/some stores to be used for playing pirated/copied atari 2600 games. The reason I think its sold commercially is because of the 'cool' picture on it that makes it unlikelly they are protos. But then there should be some more of these adapters and 'cartridges' around in Germany.

     

    Greets

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    yes, metten, thats me :)

     

    i also think that it was for pirating games but i don´t think it was sold commercially

    i´ve never seen something like this before...

    regarding the picture on the cart: i think its an hacked taiwan cart, modified to run eproms...

    guess i´ll see more when i have the games :)

  21. Posted

    Okay...for the record,

     

    I know for a fact that Sonic 1 and Sonic Blast have both been played well over 20 times each. In fact, I know they have been played well over 50 times each. I know this, because my son plays this nearly daily and has since we got it. And he always plays Sonic 1 and Sonic Blast at least once per session.

     

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    hmmmm.... maybe your son just switches off the cube when he doesn´t want to play sonic anymore instead of going back to the main menu... progress won´t be saved then i think...

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